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Experimental decoy drug tricks coronavirus, then destroys it

Experimental decoy drug tricks coronavirus, then destroys it

The coronavirus has been a sneaky enemy, with new variants and sub-variants rapidly evolving to evade vaccines and treatments. Researchers at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are working on an experimental drug that takes one of the virus’s most dangerous traits – its talent for mutation – and turns it against itself. When the coronavirus binds …

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Experimental Alzheimer’s drug may slow disease progression, but there are risks: experts

The experimental drug lecanemab showed a 27% slowing of the progression of cognitive decline in patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. “These results show that lecanemab shows promise for people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, with a significant slowing of decline and a …

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